Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this eye-catching image of planetary nebula Abell 33. Created when an aging star blew off its outer layers, this beautiful blue ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this image of planetary nebula Abell 33. Image released April 9, 2014. The hand might look like an X-ray from the doctor's ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this eye-catching image of planetary nebula Abell 33. Created when an aging star blew off its outer layers, this beautiful ...

(CNN) — Planetary nebula Abell 33 has taken on romantic proportions. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has captured a spectacular image of a planetary nebula aligned ...

The nebula, known as Abell 33, is approximately 2,500 light-years from Earth.A planetary nebula forms when a star reaches the end of its lifetime and can no longer support itself with fusion ...

100 Planetary Nebulae (to scale) (Image Credit: Judy Schmidt/NASA). The name "planetary nebula" might indicate planets are somehow involved, when it is actually a reflection of the way these ...

This beautiful cosmic object is a planetary nebula named Abell 24, captured by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Located in constellation of Canis Minor (The Lesser ...

I love a good coincidence. On Monday morning, I posted a gorgeous picture of the planetary nebula Abell 31, an object formed when a dying star blows off its outer layers in a series of winds which ...

To appreciate how age can affect the apparent size of a planetary nebula, try sighting Abell 21, the 8th-magnitude so-called Medusa Nebula in Gemini.

Abell 39, the 39th entry in a catalog of large nebulae discovered by George Abell in 1966, is a beautiful example of a planetary nebula. <P> It was chosen for study by George Jacoby (WIYN ...